- Robert K. Tanenbaum
Robert K. Tanenbaum is an author of crime novels and is a lawyer. He is the creator of a series of novels featuring
Butch Karp andMarlene Ciampi , lawyers for the New York District Attorney's office. He is also a former two-term Mayor ofBeverly Hills , having served on the Beverly Hills City Council from 1986 to 1994. Tanenbaum was born inBrooklyn, New York . He attended theUniversity of California and received his law degree fromBoalt Hall School of Law . Tanenbaum is a legal expert and media commentator. He conducts continuing legal education seminars for practicing lawyers inCalifornia ,New York , andPennsylvania . [http://www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm?author_number=473 Retrived 2008-08-01.]In all but Tanenbaum's last five novels, he credits Michael Gruber, his cousin, as a collaborator, and Gruber is generally viewed as being Tanenbaum's "ghost writer." [cite web
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title = A Killer Debut: Former Ghostwriter Michael Gruber Dredges Up Demons for Debut Thriller
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accessdate = 2008-06-02] Wendy Walker and Espey Jackson are acknowledged in "Malice".Works in which Michael Gruber is credited
*1987
No Lesser Plea
*1989Depraved Indifference
*1991Immoral Certainty
*1992Reversible Error
*1993Material Witness - Murder of a professional basketball player, leads Karp to play pro ball. Birth of Lucy Karp.
*1994Corruption of Blood
*1994Justice Denied
*1996Falsely Accused
*1997Irresistible Impulse
*1998Reckless Endangerment - Roland is shot. An Arab plot to bomb the Haddassah building.
*1999Act of Revenge
*2000True Justice
*2001Enemy Within
*2002Absolute Rage
*2003 Resolved - Vicious killer Felix Tighe escapes from prison with the help of Arab terrorists.Other novels
* 2004 Hoax - Karp battles Andrew Kane, the powerful would-be Mayor of New York. Jojola and Ned introduced.
* 2005 Fury - AnAl Qaeda plot to blow upTimes Square on New Year's Eve. Introduces Karp's distant relatives in the Brighton Beach-based Russian mob.
* 2006 Counterplay
* 2007 Malice - An international conspiracy to assassinate a United States Senator, and to use a University supercomputer for criminal purposes is foiled by Karp and friends. Introduces Sons of Man and the Sons of Liberty Breakfast Club.
* 2008 Escape - The Sons of Man collaborate with a new terrorist leader, "The Sheik".Non-fiction
*The Piano Teacher: the true story of a psychotic killer
*Badge of the AssassinReferences
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